Scalp protector



Aug. 15, 1939. ,v PARMENTEL SCALP PROTECTOR File@ Dec. 6. 1938 Jl Victoriapczrwzent'l ATTORN EYS Patented Aug. 15, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT ori-Ice 4 Claims.

The invention relates to la hair Waving shield and more especially to a scalp protector.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein the 5 same is utilized inY connection with a permanent Waving machine and serves as a protector to the scalp during the waving operation to avoid burning or otherwise injuring the skin and particularly the scalp of the head as Well as avoiding the 1Q possibility of the pulling of the scalp during the Waving of the hair.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a protector of this character, wherein the same in its entirety is novel and assures perfect l5 protection against scalpy pulling or burning, being readily and easily' associated With a curler constituting apart of a Croqugnole protector and curler during the Waving operation of the hair.

A further object of the invention is the pro- 20 vision of a protector of this character, which is simple in its construction, readily and easily handled, thoroughly reliable and eicient in operation, strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the 30 preferred embodiment of the invention and pointv ed out in the claims hereunto appended.

' In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is an exploded perspective View of the device constituting the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the clamp of the device.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the clamp.

40 Figure 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view through the insulator clip of the device.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

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Referring to the drawing in detail, A desiglongitudinal center. This slot II extends only for a major extent of the said body and opens through one end While at opposite sides of the slot are the rounded tip portions I2 so that the strands of hair of a group can be passed into the 5 slot in the use of the device, which is adapted for cooperation in conjunction with a clamp for gripping the strands of hair. Y

The clamp B comprises a pair of clamping bars I3 and I4, respectively, the ybar I4 being pivoted 10 at I5 while the bar I3 is a permanent part of a saddle head I6, being fo-rmed with a flange I'I at lright angles thereto to which the bar I3 is integrally joined and the bar I4 swingably connected thereto by the pivot I5, respectively. Thus 15 the bar I4 is swingable to and from the bar I3. These bars I3 and I4 have a resilient wrapper I8 thereabout, being sheet rubber and made fast thereto in any suitable manner. l

For clamping together the free ends of the bars 20 I3 yand I4, it is desirable that the bar I4 has pivoted thereto at I9 a link 20 and this link has pivoted thereto at 2l a cam locking lever 22 engageable with a keeper terminal 23 provided on the bar I3. When the bars I3 and I4 are locked 25 together upon a strand of hair, they are adapted for association With the curler D. The link 20 is formed with a prong 24 while the saddle head has a notch 25 for accommodating the curler, which is in the form of a turnable pin 26 having 30 a hand operated twister key 2T at one end while at the other end is a cross slotted lug 28. The prong 24 is engageable in the slots in the said lug 28 When the pin 26 fits the head I6 and the prong accommodated Within a selected slot in the lug 28 35 of the curler so that such pin will be held xed with the clamp in the use of the same.

Adapted to be interposed between theclamp B and the curler D is a felt protector C in the form of a pad 29 having an elongated longitudi- 40 nally directed slot 3U intermediate of transverse slots 3| and 32, respectively, provided therein, while stitched or otherwise fastened to the top sideof this pad 29 is a ap 33, being adjacent to the slot 39 and between the slots 3l and 32, 45 and is adapted for intercurling with the strands of hair when clamped between the bars I3 and I4 .and curled about the curler D. On the curling of the strands of hair, the curler D is free of the seat 25-and the prong 24 hereinbefore described. 50

In the assembly of the device, the insulator body I0 is disposed next tothe scalpwith grouped strands of hair entered in the slot II and these grouped strands of hair are clamped betweeny the bars I3 and I4 of the clamp B. Then, the 55 pad 29, which is the protector C, is superimposed on the clamp B with the grouped strands of hair passing through the slot 30, these strands being interourled with the flap 33 upon the pin 26 of the curler D, whence the said. curler is fixed with the clamp by the pin 26 resting in the notch 25 and the prong 24 engageable selectively with the slot in the lug end 28 of said pin.

The insulator body I0, and also the protector C, avoids against scalp pulling and scalp burning in the use of the device.

The bars I3 and l have iixed thereto at their sides, adapted to confront the head of a user of the device, felt strips 34, being coextensive with said bars and are cushioning elements for the clamp.

The protector C, when superimposed upon the clamp B, prevents the steam or heat from. penetrating the scalp and its ap 33 absorbs, together with the pad 29, all steam and heat in the use of the device in a permanent waving machine, being no liability of scalp pulling or scalp burning through such use.

What is claimed is:

l. A protector for a hair curling device having a clamp provided with a saddle head at one end and a prong at the other end and a curler for seating in the head and engageable with the prong comprising a flexible pad slotted intermediate and near opposite ends, the end slots accommodating the head and prong, and a flap on the pad following the intermediate slot and intercurled with strands of hair about the curler.

2. A protector for a hair curling device having a clamp provided with a saddle head at one end and a prong at the other end and a curler for seating in the head and engageable with the prong comprising a exible pad slotted intermediate and near opposite ends, the end slots accommodating the head and prong, a ap on the pad following the intermediate slot and intercurled with strands of hair about the curler, and a brous insulator body having an entrance slot for the strands of hair when engaged by the clamp and underlying the latter.

3. A protector for a hair curling device having a clamp provided with a saddle head at one end and a prong at the other end and a curler for seating in the head and eng-ageable with the prong comprising a iiexible pad slotted intermediate and near opposite ends, the end slots accommodating the head and prong, a ap on the pad following the intermediate slot and intercurled with strands of hair about the curler, and a brous insulator body having an entrance slot for the strands of hair when engaged by the clamp and underlying the latter, the said pad being superposed to the clamp.

4. A protector for a hair curling device having a clamp provided wih a saddle head at one end and a prong at the other end land a curler for seating in, the head and engageable with the prong comprising a flexible pad slotted intermediate and near opposite ends, the end slots accommodating the head and prong, a nap on the pad following the intermediate slot and intercurled with strands of hair about the curler, a fibrous insulator body having an entrance slot for the strands of hair when engaged by the clamp and underlying the latter, the said pad being superposed to the clamp, and cushions at the under side of the clamp and having contact with the said .insulator body.

VICTORIA PARMENTEL. 

